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Catholic agencies in Illinois are trying to head off a showdown with the state over a requirement to place adoptive children with same-sex couples.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Catholic leaders in Illinois are scrambling for a last-minute fix to prevent a showdown between the state and Catholic Charities of Illinois.
They want lawmakers to amend the state's civil-union bill, set to take effect June 1, in order to assure that child welfare agencies such as Catholic Charities can continue turning down applications from cohabiting couples, whether homosexual or heterosexual.
"We want to see legislative action occur quickly so we can preserve our adoption and foster-care services for the thousands of children and families we serve," said Carolyn Matheson, director of advancement for Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Peoria. "The spin is that we're anti-gay, but that's not true. We're against cohabitation, regardless of sexual orientation, which is in keeping with Catholic teaching. We're not denying anybody the right to adopt or serve as foster parents, but we're not going to process such applications ourselves."
She is wary of how the issue will play out.
"Hypocritically, the same people who say we're discriminatory are discriminating against us for remaining true to Catholic moral teaching. We'll stand firm, but our deepest concern is that, come June 1, we'll see ourselves with a lawsuit. Unfortunately, it's vulnerable children and families who will suffer, especially since Catholic Charities is the only child-services provider in many areas."
Five Catholic Charities branches associated with Illinois dioceses are responsible for about 20% of the state's foster-care cases — approximately 3,000 — in addition to facilitating a far smaller number of adoptions.
Catholic Charities for the Archdiocese of Chicago, however, stopped providing such services in 2007, mainly due to prohibitively expensive liability insurance.
But Illinois' new civil-union law will prohibit agencies accepting state funds from discriminating against same-sex couples. The law's advocates, mainly homosexual-rights lobbies and the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, are adamant about enforcing this provision.
According to Mary Dixon, the ACLU's legislative director, "When a private organization — even a private religiously affiliated organization — performs what is really quintessentially a government function, such as screening foster homes for licensure or caring for the wards of the state, it must abide by the laws that bind the government. If the religiously affiliated organization does not want to abide by these laws, it should exercise its choice not to accept those government duties."
An organization that has contracted to provide a service for the state must treat everyone equally while providing that service, she told an Illinois Senate committee. Anything short of that would be "state-sanctioned discrimination."
Until taken to task by the state — and, in effect, forcing it to abandon its child-services operations — Catholic Charities of Illinois will continue referring cohabiting applicants to other agencies.
Robert Gilligan, executive director of the Catholic Conference of Illinois, has spearheaded efforts to lobby lawmakers for an exemption for faith-based child-service providers.
An amendment to the civil-union law that would have effected such an exemption, however, failed to pass a Senate committee in April. The same legislator who sponsored that amendment also sponsored the bill in the State Senate last year.
David Koehler, a Democrat, said, "It was not my intent to make any group work against its own religious beliefs." But his amendment was vehemently opposed by the homosexual-rights lobby, whose attitude to compromise is typified by the headline Gay Chicago News afforded its reportage of Koehler's amendment: "Anti-gay lobbyists take another stab at weakening civil unions."
'Time to Negotiate Is Over'
Gilligan said it will be hard to convince lawmakers to change their minds before the General Assembly adjourns on May 31. He blames politicians financially beholden to the homosexual-rights lobby and afraid of getting on the bad side of its public-relations machine.
(For example, Gov. Pat Quinn and Senate President John Cullerton, both Catholic, in 2010 received $20,000 and $5,000, respectively, from the homosexual-rights group Equality Illinois, a main proponent of the civil-union law.)
He also blames politicians for merely reflecting a culture steeped in moral confusion.
"To be influential in politics, you need to be well-organized and you've got to have money. The gay community has both, and they are very effective," he said. "They've got the sound bites, and they're winning the culture war, persuading people that any form of support for traditional values — for example, that children need the permanency of a loving home with a mother and father — falls under the moniker of discrimination. Just talk to your neighbors and families and see how this sort of confusion has permeated mainstream culture."
Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield foresees a legal showdown.
"Because of the aggressive nature of the stance being taken by the anti-religious elements backing this new law, we expect litigation," he said. "The ACLU and company are promoting an ideology which would force us to do these placements or force us out of the business," which is practically unnecessary because "there are many opportunities for single-sex couples to work with secular agencies."
Similar anti-discriminatory laws in Great Britain have led to Catholic adoption agencies cutting Church ties or abandoning the business altogether, the last agency having capitulated on May 4. (See related story on page 4.)
"The state is taking an aggressive stance toward foster care and adoption, and they are not allowing any accommodation for religious belief at this point," said Bishop Paprocki, who has privately lobbied politicians and publicly taken at least one to task: Gov. Quinn, who said his "religious faith" justifies granting the privileges and protections of marriage to same-sex couples. "Both legislative and administrative officials in the executive branch are pushing Catholic Charities to do foster care and adoptions with same-sex couples and cohabiting couples. But our position is a matter of religious belief. We believe this is protected under the First Amendment."
Peter Breen, executive director and legal counsel of the Thomas More Society, a pro-life law center, said his group stands ready to provide legal assistance in case of litigation.
"I expect we'd be in the thick of it, both because we're experienced in litigating conscience issues and we happen to be headquartered in Illinois. Incredibly important constitutional principles and general principles of religious freedom are at stake. And the time to negotiate with the powers that be in the government is over."
Breen pointed to the intense lobbying efforts of Church officials to dissuade politicians from passing the law. Despite public pronouncements and private appeals from bishops, including Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, however, the Democrat-controlled General Assembly passed the law during a lame-duck session last December. One Republican voted in favor, and one Democrat merely counted himself as "present" for the vote.
Breen said it is worth noting that most major elected officials in Illinois — including Quinn, House Speaker Michael Madigan, Senate President John Cullerton and Attorney General Lisa Madigan, the speaker's daughter — are Democrats who are Catholics. Yet Quinn — who in 2010 accepted $428,000 from a radically pro-abortion political-action committee whose head he later named to the state's Human Rights Commission — champions the civil-union law. He has promised to attend the first civil-union ceremony, in which 30 couples on June 2 will be accorded the same rights and benefits as married couples — except the right to "marry" — in the eyes of Illinois.
"The only way we can win this battle is by litigation and a direct appeal to the people of the state of Illinois" — 25% of whom identify themselves as Catholic — "including our parishioners and other people of good will," Breen said. "We cannot win the assault against traditional marriage without winning hearts and minds. So our main task is to boldly and clearly teach what the civil government is doing to the Church. At the Thomas More Society, we often quote Justice [Louis] Brandeis in our briefs: 'Sunlight is the best disinfectant.' If the government is attacking the Church, people need to know in terms simple, clear and direct."
As for politicians who call themselves Catholic while passing laws in defiance of Catholic moral teaching — and in spite of the private counsel of clerics — Bishop Paprocki said their "accountability ultimately is before God." In terms of accountability here on earth, he said, "I think we need to take into account that they're most directly accountable to voters. We bishops make clear Church teaching, and if someone strays, we address it in private pastoral conversations. As for public accountability, that's where the Catholic faithful have the major responsibility.
"It's really not fair when Catholic voters elect politicians opposed to Church teaching, then look to the Church for reproval. Bishops are not in a position to order politicians how to vote, but we try to form their consciences on the basis of Church teaching. If Catholic voters would be clearer in terms of what they expect from Catholic politicians, that's the clearest form of accountability."
Matthew A. Rarey writes from Chicago.
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Vibrant Echoes: Photographs by Barbara Freedman, a photography exhibition comprised of vibrantly colored, superimposed images of synagogues in New York, will be on view at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Museum from September 9, 2002-January 10, 2003. Through the use of computer generation and layered technique, the works in this exhibition combine many architectural elements and interior or exterior views of various synagogues, and express complex impressions of these sacred spaces.
Inspired by a trip to Bilbao, Spain in 1998 to visit the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum designed by Frank O. Gehry, Barbara Freedman was impressed and entranced with the architectural vocabulary. Freedman, a professional psychotherapist, immediately recognized the collaged, layered aspects of the building. Upon returning to New York and touring the 19th and 20th century synagogues of the Lower East Side, she began a series of manipulated images, layering and building a richly textured scene. Her lifelong interest in Jewish learning has expanded during her retirement, and her study of Biblical text has given deeper meaning to her selection of material.
Freedman's studies at the International Center of Photography have led to her specialization in "photo-shop." The images included in this exhibition are computer generated, manipulated images, printed on specially treated Somerset watercolor paper with archival inks.
Laura Kruger, Curator of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Museum, noted: "Freedman's use of bold color and skillful stratification allow viewers to explore the many different layers of Jewish heritage and culture. The unique visual perspective employed in these photographs opens the mind to previously hidden aspects of these beautiful locations."
Barbara Freedman's previous exhibitions include solo shows at the Soho Photo Gallery in Manhattan and the Elaine Benson Gallery on Long Island, where she now resides. Many of the photographs to be exhibited at HUC-JIR were displayed at the Soho Photo Gallery this past April. Her work also has been featured in numerous group exhibitions, most recently at Adas Israel, Sag Harbor, and the Image Gallery, Riverhead, NY.
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The "Running Fence" project in California was taken to court and initially lost, but it finally was realized a year and a half later in 1976. The "Surrounded Islands" in Florida in 1983 also was delayed because of similar legal actions.
"We lost time and it took a lot of energy and money, but that is part of our project," Christo said.
He fully expects OTR will be realized, adding that he and his late wife and partner Jeanne-Claude always have remained optimistic.
"We have already spent 13 million dollars on 'Over The River,' and we don't have one single anchor in the ground," Christo said.
Christo funds his projects through the sale of his original works of art, some of which sell for more than $1 million.
Over The River has been delayed twice, once when the artists stopped to work on the wrapping of the Reichstag in 1995 and to complete The Gates in New York's Central Park in 2005.
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Jennifer Hudson Breaks Down in Sobs During Whitney Houston Tribute Rehearsals
We've got to hand it to Jennifer Hudson: The girl can perform in the face of tragedy better than most. First she performed a stellar National Anthem following the horrific murders of her mother, brother and nephew.
Now, she's stepping in to pay tribute to Whitney Houston at tonight's Grammy ceremony — but it hasn't been easy for the 'Dream Girls' star. She broke down in tears several times during rehearsals. A source told Us Weekly that during this morning's rehearsals of 'I Will Always Love You,' Hudson "began sobbing hysterically" and "had to restart [the song] several times before making it through."
J-Hud wasn't the only person in the room in tears. The source says that many production staffers were misty as well.
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The tribute was planned after news of Houston's tragic passing broke yesterday (Feb. 11). Grammy executive producer Ken Erlich said of the tribute, "It's too fresh in everyone's memory to do more at this time, but we would be remiss if we didn't recognize Whitney's remarkable contribution to music fans in general, and, in particular, her close ties with the Grammy telecast and her Grammy wins and nominations over the years."


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"CityPASS ticket booklets have always been about making travel easy, affordable and fun," said Megan Allen, president and CEO of City Pass. "And with so many people now using smart phones and tablets as travel tools, launching a mobile voucher program made perfect sense, especially for in-market visitors."
For the past few years, travelers have been able to purchase CityPASS ticket booklets using mobile devices. However, in order to be redeemed, the voucher had to be printed out at home or in the business office of a visitor's hotel. The new mobile option eliminates that step, making it easier than ever to buy ticket booklets on the go and use them almost instantaneously.
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Jamel Debbouze, Olivier Gourmet, Lubna Azabal and Hafsia Herzi star in story of "Marche des Beurs."
Belgian filmmaker Nabil Ben Yadir (Les Barons) has begun filming on French production La Marche, featuring Jamel Debbouze, Olivier Gourmet, Lubna Azabal and Hafsia Herzi.
The script, co-wrote by Yadir with Nadia Lakhdar and Ahmed Ahmidi, is inspired by the events during the infamous "Marche des Beurs" (march of second generation North African citizens) that swept through France in December 1983 to protest against inequality and discrimination in France.
Le Marche is a co-production between France's Chi-Fou-Mi (Hugo Selignac), France 3 and Europa Corp, and Belgium's Entre Chien et Loup (Diana Elbaum), in co-production with Belgacom TV and with the support of the Walloon-Brussels Federation's Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel.
It is set for a December 2013 release to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the "Marche des Beurs".
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FAA Safety Inspector Bruce Bolton was in Macon County early Monday morning, September 2, to talk to David Gregory after his plane crashed in a soybean field behind the Welcome Center, on Highway 52 By Pass West, around 4:30 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.
David and a passenger were in an experimental light sport airplane (The Drifter) when it went down. Fortunately he walked away unhurt and his passenger only suffered minor injures. She was treated at the local hospital.
Mr. Gregory told the Macon County Chronicle that he took off from the Lafayette Municipal Airport with a passenger and they were heading to Dale Hollow Lake to meet friends.
"Immediately after take off I experienced gusty winds and mechanical problems," David said, when I talked with him on Monday morning. "I was attempting to circle back to the airport when I realized I couldn't make it. I crash landed in the only bare spot in the soybean field which caused major damage to the aircraft."
"I wasn't hurt and thankfully my passenger only suffered minor injuries," commented Gregory. "I am experienced in flying experimental aircraft and upon the hard landing I got my passenger to safety and secured the plane without spilling a drop of fuel or oil."
David, who has been licensed to fly for 23 years, says that flying is still the safest way to travel. "I have wanted to fly since I was five-years-old," he said. "This was an unfortunate event but we were both blessed to have walked away from it. I will be flying again!"
"I would like to thank the Macon County EMS, the first responders, Chris Payne, who took care of everything while I was at the hospital with my passenger, 911 Director Steve Jones and EMA Director Keith Scruggs," said David. "They all did a wonderful job."
EMA Director Scruggs said that it is rare that a aviation accident occurs in Macon County. "Our men were prepared, responded quickly and everything went off very well I thought," said Scruggs. "I want to thank the Macon County EMS, Macon County Sheriffs Office, Lafayette Police Department, Macon County Rescue Squad, Lafayette Fire Department and 911 Director Steve Jones."
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Givat Shmuel, Israel – January 31, 2011 – Cimatron Limited (Nasdaq: CIMT), a leading provider of integrated CAD/CAM solutions for mold, tool and die makers as well as manufacturers of discrete parts, announced today that Henrique Projetos Cadpro Ltda. has been appointed to serve as a reseller of Cimatron's products in São Paulo city, Brazil and will also cover the regions of Santo Andre and São Bernardo do Campo, and the cities of São Caetano and Diadema.
Henrique Projetos was founded by Henrique Arruda, a career mold designer who has many years of experience working with CimatronE. The company is located in São Paulo city, a heavily industrialized area with a high concentration of automotive industry based manufacturers. Mr. Arruda and his team will provide tool makers and manufacturers in the region with full sales and support services, and help customers to shorten delivery times and reduce costs.
The appointment of Henrique Projetos as reseller is another step in the rapid implementation of Cimatron's growth plan in Brazil, one of the largest and fastest growing industrial nations. Over the last two months, Cimatron has announced the appointment of three additional new resellers for Brazil. These include CimaCAD (based in Santa Catarina State), MTC (based in the Campinas region), and Fitso (based in the Sorocaba region and also covering parts of São Paulo city).
"We're very pleased with the rapid progress of our expansion in Brazil," said Kobi Rosenwasser, Cimatron's VP South America. "Our concentrated attention in the market has resulted in the recruitment of four experienced and dedicated resellers who will offer top quality service to our customers. We are continuing to concentrate our efforts in recruiting additional resellers."
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Note: This review originally appeared in the Illinois Entertainer.
By now, there's not much doubt that a new Fountains Of Wayne CD will bring a fresh batch of guitar-driven, instantly memorable power pop tunes. It's more of a matter of what tales vocalist-guitarist Chris Collingwood and bassist-vocalist Adam Schlesinger will spin, and who'll fall victim to their satiric barbs. Sky Full Of Holes packs the duo's usual biting humor although there are times when the formula seems a little strained.
On the mid-tempo "Richie And Ruben," the misadventures of two inept entrepreneurs provides opportunities to poke fun at trendy night clubs and fashion stores, while the many off-kilter characters depicted in "The Summer Place" includes a woman with a life-long inclination to shoplift. "Workingman's Hands," a well-intentioned blue collar tribute, has the overly sweet scent of a Hallmark card, and it's hard to care about the slug being helped in the slow-moving "Hate To See You Like This." Fortunately, most of Sky Full Of Holes is devoted to energetic and clever fare like "A Dip In The Ocean" and "Radio Bar."


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I downloaded the 64bit .img release file of gBSD.
The system boots up fine till the GUI, I can see the mouse pointer on console(CLI). After which the screen goes blank and my monitor shows "no signal" message.
I can see the num lock on and I cannot toggle it nor can I see the USB lighting up after this, so that means the system froze.
I followed the first steps described on gBSD wiki and changed the IGP settings from auto to enabled and changed the shared memory to max.
http://wiki.ghostbsd.org/index.php?titl ... leshooting
I then tried dropping to the boot loader prompt to execute following->
However it fails at
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disable-module vesa
set module_path=/boot/kernel;/boot/modules;CONSOLE
saying command not found.
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disable-module vesa
My Hardware-
Intel Pentium G2030
Motherboard- Gagiabyte GA-B75-D3H
On Linux mint 17 64bit with xfce ->
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$ lspci -vnn|grep VGA -A 12
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0152] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:d000]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 43
Memory at f7800000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
I/O ports at f000 [size=64]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: i915
I tried using this live USB on my brother's PC with Nvidia, and It works. I went intel just because of FreeBSD and Linux support. But looks like Nvidia is better supported
I don't know what else can I try.


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Alums vy for coming home; students up for homecoming
PLAINVIEW - Five former students from Wayland Baptist University will be vying for the title of Coming Home Queen during homecoming festivities planned for Nov. 21-22. Thirteen young coeds will also compete for homecoming queen honors.
The winner of the coming home queen contest will be announced during the Saturday luncheon in McClung Center. All contestants and the winner will be introduced during the halftime of the basketball doubleheader beginning at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 22. Contestants include alums from the honor classes ending in the number three.
A graduate of 1953, Jolly Arnold Peterson came to Wayland from Hawaii in 1949 and sang with International Choir for four years. She was active in Thespians Club, Students of the Nations, International Students Organization and YWAs. After graduation, she attended Boston University School of Social Work before returning to teach in Hawaii. After earning her master's degree in education, she taught and served as vice principal for 28 years and was practicum instructor in the Graduate School of Social Work at University of Hawaii for 12 years. Peterson and her husband, Dr. Lavern Peterson, who died in March, moved to California in 1984 and she was soon invited to teach at Fresno City College. She taught there for four years. This past July, Jolly received the Amateur Radio Award for Outstanding Contribution to the West Coast Bible Study Group. Jolly has a son, Beau, a former teacher in Hawaii.
A member of the class of 1963, Janis Sodeman Kidwell came to Wayland from Midland and earned her degree in English cum laude. She was a member of Alpha Chi, Sigma Tau Delta, Phi Alpha Theta and Alpha Psi Omega and the International Choir. Her father, Holt Sodeman, served as Development Officer at Wayland and her late mother, Nita Sodeman, graduated with her at Wayland. Kidwell retired from public schools after a long teaching career in English and learning disabilities and now works in the Office of Admissions and Records at East Central University in Ada, Okla. She is a member of the Singing ChurchWomen of Oklahoma and is active at First Baptist Church where she sings in the choir, plays handbells and is involved in the Women's Ministry. She and husband Loy, who is retired from teaching band in the public schools of Oklahoma, have three grown children and 11 grandchildren.
Representing the class of 1973, Seminole native Nancy Hawkins Horn earned her degree in business and English. She was in the Miss Wayland Pageant, was a member of Delta Chi Delta sorority, Phi Beta Lambda business fraternity and served as vice president of social affairs for Student Government Association. Nancy has been teaching English for 20 years, the last 16 in the Petersburg Independent School. She holds membership in ATPE and TCEA. Nancy's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Hawkins, both attended Wayland and Mr. Hawkins serves on the Board of Trustees. Horn and husband John, a former member of the Pioneer track team, have two children and two grandchildren.
Plainview native Liz Miller Lawson, representing the Class of 1983, was involved in numerous campus activities at WBU and served as president of Student Union Board. She received her teacher certification from the University of Texas at Arlington and her Master of Education for Interdisciplinary Studies in Instruction and Curriculum from Nationa-Louis University of Northern Virginia and the District of Columbia. She taught in Darmstadt, Germany for three years and worked in Washington, D.C. for six years as an education programs specialist for the U.S. Department of Education. From 1997-2000, she served as the Regimental Key Volunteer Coordinator for the 25 th Marines Infantry Regiment in Worcester, Massachusetts. Lawson and her husband, Lt. Col. Hank Lawson, retired from the U.S. Marine Corps, moved to College Station in 2002, where she is active in the Texas A&M Women's Group as a member of the Board.
A graduate of 1993, Vikke Sanchez Sherrard came to Wayland from Las Cruces, N.M. and was involved in many activities, including serving as president of Student Alumni Council. After graduation, she taught school in Arlington for three years and worked after school at Sylvan Learning Center. She later was hired as director of education and then director for the center in Lubbock and later to the center in Phoenix. With husband Rodney, an architect whom she met in Lubbock, she relocated to Boston for two years while he was supervising architect for the American University of Cairo. Last April, the Sherrards returned to the Phoenix area, where she was named center director for Sylvan.
The homecoming queen will be crowned during the halftime of the men's basketball game which begins at 4 p.m. on Saturday. Candidates for the title and their representing organizations are as follows:
Francis Blair, a junior from Crosbyton, representing the Senior Class; Jennifer Brigman, a junior from Eula, representing the Junior Class; Kelly Eason, a senior from Vernon, representing Ministerial Fellowship; Andra French, a senior from Dalhart, representing Student Government Association Cabinet; Sarah Gatlin, a junior from Amarillo, representing the International Choir; Kaci Holcomb, a junior from Roswell, N.M., representing the Freshman Class; Tasha Hunter, a senior from Lubbock, representing the Student Union Board; Malissa Johnston, a junior from Portales, N.M., representing Alpha Delta Kappa; Megan Petillo, a senior from Abernathy, representing Student Senate; Kathy Reed, a senior from Liberal, Kan., representing Student Foundation; Ragan Spradling, a junior from Amarillo, representing Students in Free Enterprise; Marta Turpin, a junior from Carrizo Springs, representing Baptist Student Ministries; and Celina Vasquez, a senior from Bedford, representing Student Alumni Council.


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It's teeny-weeny post day here at K.Mandla's house, where I clean up all the little dashes of information that seem to cling to my list of things to write about. A long time ago I told you about Annie Leonard's The Story of Stuff, and it's worth mentioning again. At the same time if you want something a little more powerful and a little more artistic and a little more focused, see if you can find a copy of Manufactured Landscapes in your local video store.
For a full-length motion picture that hopes to avoid outright condemnation of materialism, it's a surprisingly powerful film. It's not new, and it's fairly low-key, so you might have to special order it. It will take a different tack from Leonard's online work, but the ideas and general motive are the same.
P.S.: Thanks to pkm for reminding me of it.


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While predictive analytics have been an ed tech buzzword in recent years, they are but a midpoint in the evolution of data analytics in higher education. What began as descriptive analytics, the analysis of historical data to understand what has happened in the past, has matured into predictive analytics, the use historical data to develop models for helping to predict the future. Now, prescriptive analytics takes the prediction and prescribes recommendations or actions to influence what ends up happening in the future. It works by developing business rules that kick into action when certain conditions are present. For example, a prescriptive analytics-driven learning management system could recommend additional material or Web sites to a student with poor performance pertaining to a specific topic.
Analytics is an area that Rajeev Bukralia is "passionate" about. He believes it has the potential "to help institutional leaders make smarter and faster decisions." Bukralia, who is the CIO and associate provost for information services at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, is also a researcher in the fields of analytics, data science and information systems. His research work focuses on how analytics can solve real-world problems in higher education and other sectors.
Here Bukralia shares 12 lessons for finding success with prescriptive analytics.
1) Carefully Choose the Problem to Solve
Prescriptive analytics is well suited for a variety of problems besetting higher education -- student retention, enrollment management, prospect analysis, improving learning outcomes and curricular planning among them. The primary considerations, said Bukralia, are that the problem is "well suited" for data analytics and that there's an "adequate amount of high-quality data to really analyze that problem." He advised against taking on a business problem that is so ambitious, the project itself will take too long to deliver, opening up the possibility that the problem could become irrelevant as time goes by.
2) The Model Needs Cross-Validation
A predictive model can be combined with business rules to create a prescriptive model with automated recommendations. This model not only needs to show a "high predictive accuracy," but it needs to be cross-validated "in terms of efficacy," said Bukralia. That may mean using different data sets or even taking the model to a different organization "to see if the predictive accuracy of the model is what we need to have." He emphasized that controls will probably need to be put in place to accommodate for "certain kinds of variables because each institution is different. You have to account for that uniqueness."
3) Business Needs to Drive the Work
Although the IT or IS organization can help facilitate the work of prescriptive analytics, ultimately the initiative must be led by people who are closest to the problem and the data. For instance, prescriptive analytics for enrollment should be led by the enrollment office. "They are the people who know the problem they are facing. They are the people who understand their data," he explained.
4) Involve Practitioners in Defining Business Rules
The business rules that make up the output of prescriptive analytics need to be formulated, Bukralia insisted, with input from various stakeholders in the organization. When building a model to improve student retention, for instance, input should be sought from faculty, advisers, institutional researchers and student retention staff. "In order to really develop a system that's insightful, you have to take advantage of the knowledge that people have who are working with students on a day-to-day basis," he said. "They can provide these insights based on their knowledge and practical experience."
5) Data Can't Be Used Indiscriminately
Schools are becoming accustomed to tapping into the data generated by student information systems and learning management systems to address challenges such as identifying at-risk students. Other sources of data may also prove useful, but they come with controversy. Bukralia cited less obvious forms of data that are generated by mobile device usage, campus cards, social media and sensor technologies.
"For example, if an on-campus student is not using the dining service as often, that [may] mean the student isn't as active socially on campus and is more likely to drop out," he suggested. "Sensors in the classroom could give us more data about student attendance and how they are best using it. [Or] you could use clicker data to add to your predictive and prescriptive models."
The use of alternative data sources, he added, is still "an emerging field and has a lot of potential." But the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) calls for "having a good understanding of what is permissible and what is not."
6) Put Data Governance in Place First
Pursuing a good understanding of the issues and ethics related to student privacy leads to one of the most important foundations for undertaking the work of data analytics: the need for a university-wide data governance strategy. "We need to understand how we handle data in the organization," Bukralia declared. That encompasses multiple aspects: agreement that data is a strategic asset; that data silos across campus need to be broken down; and that an information architecture is required in order to understand how the data flows in an organization.
7) Prescriptive Analytics is a Project to be Managed
Just as with any campus project, Bukralia explained, a prescriptive analytics endeavor requires gaining buy-in from all stakeholders: IT, the business unit sponsoring the project, top leadership, students, faculty and those doing the work. It requires a business sponsor backing the project. Those who sponsor the project need to participate in defining acceptable key performance indicators for monitoring the work, as well as goals for measuring the outcomes or benefits of undertaking the project. And resources need to be identified, both human and data: Does the institution have the data it needs in order to make insightful decisions? Is it usable? Is the quality of the data up to the standards defined by the data governance strategy? After the project has been delivered, a feedback loop should be in place to assess what went well and what needs improvement.
8) Skills May be Lacking
The people aspects of analytics can't be underestimated, according to Bukralia. As an emerging field, data science has a "dearth of people who have a good understanding of analytics," he noted. The result -- particularly for smaller institutions -- is that finding high-quality analytics and data scientists could prove to be a major challenge. Don't assume the resources will be there when you need them unless you put a lot of energy into recruiting and training.
9) Prepare for Change Management
Analytics projects don't always produce the results expected. When results fall short of expectations, the institution may need to modify its goals or change how work gets done. But like any organization, schools have varying appetites for change. "The bottom line is that if you have a wonderful analytics model, and as a result you have to implement some new ideas [that] are backed by a lot of data and cross-validated, but then there is no appetite in the organizational culture for change, that will lead to conflicts," Bukralia pointed out. "The question is, will you be willing to implement actions suggested by prescriptive or predictive analytics where they intersect with the culture?"
10) A Model That Works for One Institution Won't Necessarily Work for Another
While best practices and steps for developing a prescriptive model are broadly applicable, colleges and universities are typically too unique to be able to use models developed elsewhere. As an example, "an institution where you are seeing a lot of diversity will have different kinds of constructs and variables that you will need to take into account in building a model of high predictive accuracy compared to an institution where those factors related to diversity don't matter much," Bukralia explained." Analytics solutions by and large are not like one-size-fits-all kinds of solutions."
11) Benefits of Prescriptive Analytics Come in Two Flavors
Institutions should expect both tangible and intangible benefits of prescriptive analytics. Tangible ones might include measurable improvements in retention rates, which could translate into monetary terms. Intangible benefits might be improvements in "cycle time to action" said Bukralia: for example, where better decisions can be made and made more quickly, where resources can be pulled off of certain types of work and redeployed to other higher-value work or "where students are happier with their learning experience and parents feel better about the institution also."
12) Prescriptive Analytics Aren't Always Right
While Bukralia believes that the use of predictive and prescriptive models holds great promise, statistical modeling still has its blind side. "You have to be able to account for sudden changes in human behavior," he stressed. "You may have a student who has been topnotch all along but there are some changes that happen in that student's life, and suddenly that student decides to drop out. That would be a sudden change. I would call it a 'mutation' -- a major change in someone's behavior that's hard to predict," he explained. "Statistical models are not very good at handling unpredictable human behavior."
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Crescendo on Communalism
Hindu and Muslim politics have become double-faced, looking forward to change and looking forward to religion, which means caste, conservatism and priesthood
Ram Ugrah Lucknow
Communal hysteria is one of the striking features of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections marked with a crescendo at its climax in campaigning by all political parties in the fray. Vituperative hate speeches on communal lines by leaders of BJP and Congress alike against each other are motivated simply by politics of communalism. It is apparently indicative of the aggressive resurgence of caste and communal politics for attracting the voters. Sadly enough, it is politically promoted by abandoning the ideology of secularism to the detriment of our constitutional and democratic ideals.
Argumentation on communalism versus secularism seems to be undying. Secularism meant that no one following any particular religion would suffer any disability in the eye of law and that men of all religions will have equal opportunities, privileges and rights under the Constitution.
This is what secularism should mean to all secularists. But some Hindus draw a distinction between their secularism and non-communal secularism by attributing all possible virtues to one religion above all religions.
The past two decades have seen a dramatic collapse of the old political formations and parties which dominated the politics of the Nehruvian era followed by a gradual erosion of the secular-nationalist imagination. One of the factors responsible for it was the re-emergence of caste and religion in public discourse. The failure of political parties to absorb adequately people of all religion into their fold is a shortcoming of Indian secularism. Regretfully, not enough has been done to secularize life in India.
Gandhiji was the most religious-minded of men and his attempt was to spiritualize politics, but he affirmed the universality of all religions and did not think that all religions were equal only in the eye of law. Hinduism which was known for many protestant movements is losing its philosophical inspiration and becoming ritual more than ever and Islam in India seems to have lost its capacity for introspection.
Hindu and Muslim politics have become double-faced, looking forward to change and looking forward to religion, which means caste, conservatism and priesthood. We must understand that unity in diversity is the essence of national integration. But Hindu revivalists want a unity based on a monolithic structure. To them all Indians are Hindus; the Indian nation is the Hindu nation. This is anachronistic.
The name "Hindu", for the people and for the religion, was given by the Muslim invaders and conquerors. It could be applied to all Indians before Islam and other religions came but it could no longer be so applied. The rapid integration of the diverse elements of the country had to be based on secularism and socialism, which Parliament adopted, is a secular idea. The secularist provisions of non-discrimination in the Constitution are not enough; it provides recognition of institutions with religious denomination.
Addressing Delhi Congressmen on 6 September 1951, Jawaharlal Nehru remarked "It sounds nice to some people to hear that they will create a Hindu Rashtra. But the moment you talk of a Hindu Rashtra you speak in a language which no other country except one can comprehend and that country is Pakistan because they are familiar with that concept.
"As enshrined in our Constitution, we have proclaimed to the world that every citizen has equal rights whatever religion or caste or creed he may belong to and everyone is an equal shareholder in India's freedom. You believe in this then, what these communal organizations say is wrong useless and harmful and ought to be suppressed.
"We have opposed communalism not only in minority communities, but also in the majority community. The argument applies to caste divisions and their functioning on the political plane. …It exists and encourages fissiparous tendencies and maintains divisions in our society, which undoubtedly weaken and prevent the growth of a real democratic spirit'', he averred,
There has been progress towards secularism, but it has not been spectacular. Hindu law has been stripped of its scriptural formalism which made it a deadweight on the evolution of Hindu society, but secularism would mean a common civil code, and though Hindu personal law has been codified, personal law remains.
After going deep in its genesis, it is found that communal violence is triggered by secular issues like land disputes, eve-teasing and mixed marriages which acquire a religious tone as seen in the recent carnage of Muzaffarnagar in U.P. The elite is largely responsible for instigating communal violence and speak the language of hatred for the other community in public.
Communities need to be mobilized on the basis of primordial group identities like caste and religion. In India, unlike the West, society is organized into communities and not along democratic and individualistic lines. The middle class is the new target for mobilization. The 250 million of the middle classes are the 'new emerging castes now forming the key to electoral success. The BJP formation has successfully tapped this caste.
Already, we have seen communal politics at its height in the late eighties. The BJP had adopted a sober programme in 1980 (of secularism and Gandhian socialism) lost 1984 elections very badly and could get as less as two seats in Parliament. Thereafter, the BJP launched an aggressive attempt to create a hysteria among the Hindu masses, especially the OBCs and Dalits, on the issue of Ram temple.
The slogan mandir wahin banayenge (we will construct the temple only i.e. at the site of Babri Masjid) made an impact creating a mass hysteria among the Hindus but a sense of great insecurity among Muslims. The BJP then began to touch new heights, especially in the Hindi heartland in 1990 when L.K.Advani took out a Rath Yatra for arousing the religious sentiments of Hindu masses.
When we ponder over the past few general elections and ask ourselves what the issues were, we invariably find that it is always something vague, anti-incumbent rhetoric, secular and communal issues. It's never about specific economic policies or even a larger vision for the country.
Unfortunately, Indian democracy with a large illiterate socially, economically, disempowered electorate is still trying to define its identity as a nation. It might be decades before such a thing as caste ceases to matter in elections.
(The writer is a senior freelance journalist based in Lucknow.)


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The endocrine system is primarily composed of glands that produce chemical messengers called hormones. Glands of the endocrine system include the pituitary gland, the thyroid gland, the parathyroid glands, the thymus, and the adrenal glands.
Other glands are also included within the endocrine system since they contain endocrine tissue that secretes hormones. These include the pancreas, ovaries and testes.
The endocrine and nervous systems work very closely together. The brain continuously sends instructions to the endocrine system, and in return receives feedback from the endocrine glands. Because of this intimate relationship, the nervous and endocrine systems are referred to as the neuroendocrine system.
The hypothalamus is known as the master switchboard because it's the part of the brain that controls the endocrine system. The pituitary gland, which hangs by a thin stalk from the hypothalamus, is called the master gland of the body because it regulates the activity of the endocrine glands.
The hypothalamus detects the rising level of the target organ's hormones then sends either hormonal or electrical messages to the pituitary gland. In response, the pituitary gland releases hormones, which travel through the bloodstream to a target endocrine gland, instructing it to stop producing its hormones.
Here's how the endocrine system keeps itself in check: eventually, the hypothalamus detects the rising level of the target organ's hormones, and sends a message to the pituitary gland. The pituitary gland then stops releasing certain hormones, causing the target organ to stop producing its hormones.
The endocrine system constantly adjusts hormone levels so that the body can function normally. This process is called homeostasis.
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I had set up the battered Thinkpad with a Crux installation, and was one-fourth of the way through an Openbox system when I remembered that I had, at one time in the past, wanted to see a full Gnome installation on Crux. I was wondering if it would feel anything like Debian did on the ugly little laptop.
Well, I spent about a half an hour trying to figure out where the Crux ports for Gnome were, and came up empty-handed. It was rather strange — the port search pages show an address and location for all the ports for Gnome, but accessing them either from a browser or from httpup gives nothing but 404s. So, rather than embarrass myself by asking the Crux mailing list where the darn Gnome ports were, I did the next logical thing: I gave up.
And then decided to go for second-best: KDE. Then decided I would be more interested in XFCE, since I had seen some very quick XFCE performance from slim Ubuntu installations. Thus far, it's been very promising.
(Oh, so that's what the screen looks like without that giant crack in it. 😛 😀 )
It has all the angry speed and razorlike intensity of a Crux installation, plus the greasy-kid-stuff XFCE look … which is good, because to be honest, something needs to tame a Crux machine. Otherwise, installing Crux is like implanting a borderline personality on your computer. It's just too fast and too temperamental to be trusted. You get the feeling something is going to go horrorcrash-wrong at some point, and it's taking everybody with it.
But Crux is so much a jump beyond Arch that I find myself addicted all the same. My 1Ghz machine running Arch lags behind the 550Mhz machine running Crux, and is positively blown away by the 750Mhz Celeron with Crux on it. Yes, compiling stuff takes a while … but remember: All three machines are Coppermines, which means they're compatible once a package is compiled. So I can build a Crux package on the 1Ghz machine, then just add it to the others. No extra wait time required.
So remember that the next time someone says compile-it-yourself distros eat just as much time at the start as they do for slower, less streamlined distros. It's only true if you compile everything, every time.


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Immigration proposals fail America: Column
- Both the plans floated by Sen. Marco Rubio and the president have embraced a nativistic attitude.
- Ror most of our ancestors%2C emigrating to the United States was easy.
- People who are willing to die to get to America are the kind of people we want here.
As he set forth his vision for immigration reform recently, President Obama reminded Americans that we all hail from foreign stock. However true, "good for me, but not for thee" seems to have become our national mantra when it comes to welcoming people from other lands.
Both the plans floated by Sen. Marco Rubio and the president have embraced a prevailing nativistic attitude by adding even more barriers to an already onerous immigration process. They pull America further away from being a refuge to the "huddled masses" and make a mockery of our promise to take "your tired, your poor." Soon, the Statue of Liberty will say, "Go away. Mine. Mine. Mine."
'Lottery odds'
Worse, an insidious notion has slithered into the national conversation: Immigrants must "earn" citizenship. On this, Marco Rubio and Barack Obama agree. Yet, no one has ever "earned" a right to be an American. We are Americans by the grace of God. Being born is not work, and for most of our ancestors, emigrating to the United States was easy: Show up, and not long after you were an American. According to the Ellis Island Foundation, the majority of immigrants, at most, went through a three hour to five hour process before becoming a citizen. No citizenship or English test as is the rage today. No waiting years just to apply, as current law requires.
Darrell West, of the Brookings think tank, told me that to become a citizen today, "you need a family tie or a company that is willing to sponsor you." If you don't have one, "chances of becoming a citizen are remote. We are talking lottery odds." To make it even more impossible, West said, "you must be able to prove that you have an income of 125% of the federal poverty line. We are creating barriers that people can't overcome."
Your typical immigrant faces two options: Live with little opportunity, or sneak into the greatest nation on earth in the hope that you can create a better life for your children. What would you do?
The fiction both parties now peddle is that these people are criminals because they came in illegally, as if being desperate and poor and wanting a better life is like holding up a liquor store. Talking heads chirp that "they can come here but they have to do it legally," even though it's next to impossible and no immigration proposal changes that. These plans make the problem worse.
'Secure' border
In addition to keeping already existing barriers to citizenship in place, the Obama plan would require those living in the shadows to apply for a provisional visa, then wait eight years, apply for a green card, then wait five more years to apply for citizenship. That's 13 years, after fines and back taxes are paid, English mastered and a citizenship test passed. Republicans call this amnesty.
Though the GOP is trying to present itself as friendlier to Hispanics than their 2012 presidential candidates, who suggested "self deportation" (Mitt Romney) and setting up "citizen review" boards to decide which brown families to deport (Newt Gingrich), don't be fooled. Rubio's lousy plan is worse than Obama's lousy plan. He offers no path to citizenship until the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border is verified as secure. It will be "secure" when border agents witness unicorns frolicking in chocolate waterfalls.
What are we doing here, exactly? People who are willing to die to get to America are the kind of people we want here. We are a great country in large part because we have been the destination of the brave, of people willing to leave everything to start a new life in a foreign land. We should be welcoming them, not driving them out. We are better than this.
Kirsten Powers is a member of USA TODAY's Board of Contributors, a Fox News political analyst and a columnist for The Daily Beast.
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Collectible wine and collectible art come together to create Amuse Bouche Napa Valley Merlot, a joint wine venture with Heidi Barrett and John Schwartz. This Pomerol-style Merlot/Cabernet Franc blend is made from some of the best grape sources in the Napa Valley. Amuse Bouche wine aspires to rival its greatest cross-Atlantic counterparts, such as Chateau Petrus and Chateau Le Pin.
As winemaker for several of the hottest cult wines in California, and referred to by TIME magazine as "The Wine Diva of Napa", Heidi Barrett is always looking for new challenges. Heidi explains, "We have created Amuse Bouche wine, a limited edition, superb Pomerol style wine with the added value of limited edition art that is available to consumers through a variety of channels."
Merging art with our wines was something of a philosophical decision. The former can be enjoyed indefinitely, enduring for many lifetimes. Wine collectors may revel in the subtleties of a vertical collection; but in the end, 'fine wine is the only true art that must be destroyed in order to be fully appreciated.' We strive to offer you the pleasures of both art forms.
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Good and bad: What makes great business management software
No two companies are the same, and neither should the business management software they're using be.Every organisation has its own unique needs and a one-size-fits-all platform doesn't always make sense. But that shouldn't preclude an enterprise from developing a digital ecosystem to store and transmit data, gain better oversight and automate operational processes.Increased success in manufacturing brings competition.With digital disruption at the core of an increasingly competitive industry, manufacturing companies should evaluate all possible options and ensure the applications they incorporate don't just map to their needs, but are also forward-looking.Where are the needsAlthough the manufacturing sector's year-long boom has no end in sight, it certainly won't be getting any easier to stay successful. Amazon and its many subsidiaries are set to enter the Australian market and impact everything from the supply chain to the consumer. Companies will have to scale quickly to continue competing with the new face entering the country."Some businesses are concerned about the threat of competition while others are excited to embrace the opportunity that Amazon offers," Kate Carnell, the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, told Food Processing.Expert foresight and total control of internal operations should be a given, but for many manufacturing organisations it can remain a consistent problem. Bookkeeping, for example, can be difficult to stay on top of when nearly half of all small businesses are owed more than $20,000 in late payments, Dynamic Business reported. Business management software is becoming ingrained with the manufacturing industry. Connectivity is vitalThe key is incorporating a platform that has modules which align with the company's weaknesses; whether that be accounting, structured stock or import costing software. But, the most important aspect isn't what it can do, but how it transfers that information.The platform you use should connect multiple programmes.Many owners rush to integrate a solution without first understanding how it fits into the broader picture. Inventory levels should be visible to the accounting arm of the office, for instance. Data must be allowed to transmit seamlessly between point A and B.It seems like a simple requirement, but consider the programmes you might currently have in place. Ideally, you don't have to log in or out more than once per day - all information should be obtainable. Far too often, accounting platforms require you to input data because it can't sync with others.When searching for business management software, be sure to investigate whether it meets all of your needs. There's no use in purchasing licences for multiple solutions that only serve to silo departments and processes when there are technologies available that provide modules that can easily be added or removed.Stay preparedYou can't foresee every risk, but you can certainly try and prepare for them. Natural disasters aren't all too common but they can be devastating when they strike. Businesses that keep client and other pertinent information on legacy software like Excel spreadsheets or on platforms that store the data on-site are exposing themselves to potential dangers.This is because the data will almost surely be lost if there aren't any remote backups of the information. While you may have a dedicated staff member assigned to ensuring everything is downloaded once a week, it only takes a little bit of workplace chaos to forget. Business intelligence insights can give your organisation the advantage it needs. Did you know the Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) reported that nearly 40 per cent of small businesses never open their doors again after a natural disaster? The sheer financial exposure of restoring a location can be a burden to bear, but losing valuable information about clients accounts can sink a company...Read Full Story
The key to sustaining a high rate of growth in manufacturing
Happy days are ahead for manufacturing organisations - at least, those that can keep up with all the success.It's no secret that the Australian manufacturing industry has been booming over the past few years, but the improved sector activity can actually inflict more harm than good for unprepared businesses. Developing efficient bookkeeping habits through the incorporation of accounting software has become vital to maintaining growth in a sometimes chaotic field.Signs pointing upTo understand where any potential issues could sprout up, it's important to first realise exactly how the manufacturing sector is doing so well. It recently received its highest rating on AI Group's Purchasing Manager Index (PMI) since 2002, at 59.8, Business Insider reported. This marks an 11 month stretch of continued gains, but not solely for reasons having to do with finances.Most manufacturing activity is tied to inventory, rather than sales."Production and new orders were especially strong, but they were coupled with a robust expansion in inventories rather than in sales," the AI Group said. "This suggests current activity is geared towards future orders and stockpiling rather than for immediate delivery."While it's excellent news that clients are seeing long-term relationships with manufacturing organisations as a viable strategy, it can also create bookkeeping issues. Accountants must be up-to-date on every outstanding balance in relation to the stocked inventory, some of which can be subject to volatile swings in currency conversion rates.Staying in commandWith the majority of manufacturers' inventory in constant flux, having a flexible accounting software system is key to managing it all. Whereas many provide rigid bookkeeping tools, growing companies should search for a platform that fits their specific business model.The application should, for example, automate the variance of currency fluctuations in relation to committed funds. Similarly, it should offer the ability to create custom accounting periods that can map to each client's needs. As the AI Group suggested, not every order moving forward will require immediate fulfilment. Manufacturing is booming in Australia, and organisations should use accounting software to keep up. All organisations should continue looking forward towards their future, which is why the software should integrate with a business management platform as well. While the rest of the industry is focused on robotics and the Internet of Things (IoT), innovative companies are taking advantage of intuitive software ecosystems that make it easy to link inventory management with accounting and other components of the business. If they aren't integrated, transfer of data becomes rigorous when it should be seamless. Contact an Advanced Business Manager representative today for more information.Read Full Story
Import costing made simple for food manufacturing businesses
Scaling a small business is no easy feat.The difficulty rises even more in food manufacturing, where margins are competitive and politics play an enhanced role in dictating future success. Case in point: The international trade fallout from Brexit, where export and import costs could range widely over the next two years.With so much on the average business owner's plate, it makes sense why so many are turning to import costing software for help.Stiff competitionThere's more that can go wrong than right when it comes to importing. Numerous risks are involved, including fundamentals like price negotiation, quality of product upon arrival or simply getting everything through customs. On top of that, laws are always bound to change.Business owners face numerous importing risks.Delivery Duty Paid (DDP), for example, has become Australian small- and medium-sized business' responsibility recently, according to The Conversation. In the past, sellers would have to foot this bill.All of this hasn't even included the geopolitical risks that seem to swirl daily. Companies are expected to keep track of any potential threats to their supply chain, as well as changes in currency conversion rates. Staying on top of this while continuing to scale a company in the midst of continued food manufacturing industry success can leave potential gaps that could lead to a dip in revenue.One less thing to worry aboutThe popularity of import costing software is growing considering the amount of small businesses in Australia, coupled with the fact most are likely in the midst of hyper-growth. Often included on business management platforms, the application automates a variety of tasks. Import costing software takes stress out of the equation. One that is key to saving time and avoiding bookkeeping errors is detailed costing. The program automatically converts shipments to the latest exchange rate. Future-looking analysis also offers personnel the ability to plug in a "what if" scenario. Conversion rates rarely stay the same, and this application accounts for that by giving you accurate estimates of what the landing cost would be under a variety of factors.Of course, import costing software also helps your business track the shipments. This is key as you bring new employees and clients on, as well as continue to grow your inventory. It will help avoid any chance that mistakes will be made.Don't let importing be a barrier to organisational growth. Contact an Advanced Business Manager representative today to learn more.Read Full Story
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We suggest to begin our excursion from Płock, the oldest town in the region. Płock is located in the middle of Mazovia, at the borderland of Kotlina Płocka and Pojezierze Dobrzyńskie.
The burg city, established on the slope above the Vistula River, used to be the seat of bishops, Mazovian dukes and Polish lords. It is an amazing place and as such – it has been the inspiration for poets, painters and cameramen. Its magic is hidden in its unique beauty created by the history and the present.
In Pułtusk, only 60 kilometers away from Warsaw, inside the walls of the XVth c. Castle located on the brink of Puszcza Biała, at the blue Narew- there is the Polonia House (now a beautiful hotel). The city is famous for the longest (380 kilometers) cobbled square in Europe.
Żelazowa Wola is a small town located in the Mazovian plateau, on the outskirts of Sochaczew. There is a beautiful manor – the place where the world famous pianist and composer, Frederic Chopin, was born. The interior of the museum reflects the character of the epoch; however, the Chopins' manor XIXth c. equipment has not survived till today.
The precincts of Grójec are the biggest fruit growing areas in Poland. They call this place the biggest orchard in Europe, and it is said that every third apple in Poland is grown Grójec. These apples are of unusual acidity and beautiful red color - the features ensured by the unique microclimate of the area.
The Zegrze Reservoir [Zalew Zegrzyński] is a place for recreation for Warsaw and neighboring citizens due to the many guest houses and water sport facilities located mainly in Zegrz, Zegrzynek, Białobrzegi and Rynia. Around the water reservoir there are cycling paths.
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The Bug Landscape Park [Nadbużański Park Narodowy], located in central-eastern part of the Mazowieckie Province, is characterized by the variety of landscape yet its most important value is the Bug valley, with many oxbow lakes and islands in the current and sandbanks and slopes. Circa 1/3 of the park's area is covered by forests - the remains of the old virgin forests. Other interesting places are the ruins of the old castles of Mazovian dukes in Ciechanów and Czersk, the stronghold in Modlin, the river basin of Narew or Konstancin Jeziorna - the beautiful health resort near Warsaw.
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At least one child died and 40 others were injured when a charter bus crashed in Arkansas. The bus was carrying the Orange Mound Youth Association football team when the driver lost control and landed in an embankment off of I-30, about 25 miles southwest of Little Rock, early Monday (December 3) morning. The bus rolled over four times before stopping on its side.
When first responders arrived, some of the children were still trapped inside of the bus and had to be rescued. 24 of the children were transported to Arkansas Children's Hospital, where officials said they are in stable condition. The other children were taken to different hospitals in the area.
The football team was in Dallas for an All-Star game and was returning home to Tennessee. The children were between eight and 12 years old, and there were also four coaches on board.
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Based in Chatsworth, CA, PLC Lighting was formed in 1989 by the Gilardi family. Based on previous retail lighting experience, they found the available selection of affordable contemporary lighting on the market to be inadequate, so they decided to form a company to make just such fixtures.
Soon, PLC Lighting garnered the attention of lighting retailers throughout North America and eventually spread to other somewhat unexpected locales: Central and South America and the Caribbean. Today, PLC Lighting's value-oriented contemporary lighting fixtures continuously grace hotels, homes and other businesses throughout these areas.
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In 2009, the High Court in London awarded Babar £60,000 compensation after the London Metropolitan Police admitted that its officers had subjected him to "serious gratuitous prolonged unjustified violence" and "religious abuse" during his arrest which led to 73 forensically identified injuries. It was revealed that the officers, who abused Babarwere also accused of dozens of other assaults on black and Asian men. The revelation lead the Mayor of London Boris Johnson to order an independent review of the case. In 2010, the review led the Crown Prosecution Service to announce that four serving police officers would face criminal charges for assaulting Babar. The four officers were acquitted by a jury in June 2011, some of whom shook hands with the police officers that they had just acquitted. In October 2015, a London High Court of Justice judge ruled that PC Mark Jones, one of the officers acquitted in the Babar Ahmad case, assaulted and racially abused two Arab teenage boys in another case.
In 2011, celebrities and senior British lawyers backed a public campaign which led to 140,000 British citizens signing a UK Government e-petition calling for him to be tried in the UK. His case was subsequently debated twice in the British Parliament. Babar was extradited from Britain to the United States in 2012. After spending two years in solitary confinement at a US Supermax prison he pleaded guilty to "conspiracy and providing material support to terrorism". His offence was allowing two articles supporting the Taliban to be posted on a website that he helped to set up in 1996.
In 2014, US federal Judge Janet Hall sentenced Babar to an unexpectedly lenient sentence and concluded that Babar Ahmad was not a terrorist. She ruled, "There was never any aid given by these defendants to effectuate a plot. By plot, I mean a terrorist plot … Neither of these two defendants were interested in what is commonly known as terrorism …" She described Babar Ahmad as a "good person" who she believed posed no threat to the public and stated she had weighed the seriousness of his crime with his good character after reading thousands of letters of support and hearing from British prison officials who described him as an exemplary inmate. Judge Hall said "It appears to me that he [Babar] is a generous, thoughtful person who is funny and honest. He is well liked and humane and empathetic… This is a good person who does not and will not act in the future to harm other people."
On the 19th of July 2015, Babar Ahmad was finally returned to his family after spending 11 years in prison in the US and Britain.
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